Santa Claus as we know him today has only existed since the 19th century, and he first slid down the chimney in a 1812 book by Washington Irving. But the fireplace served as a venue for magical ...

How Does Santa Go Down The Chimney? is illustrated by Barnett's frequent collaborator, Jon Klassen. The two have worked on the Caldecott Honor book Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, as well as The Wolf ...

A lot of the illustrations in How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? are Santa … standing there. Staring at the chimney, scratching his head. “Those moments of him just staring at his assignment were the ...

From St. Nick to Santa to Kris Kringle, ... Why we have different names for who ‘hurries down the chimney’ on Christmas. Story by Valerie M. Fridland, University of Nevada, Reno ...

Real talk: how does Santa get down the chimney? Mac Barnett has been wondering since he was a little kid. "I lived in an apartment that didn't have a chimney," the author says. "So I talked a lot ...

Why we have different names for who ‘hurries down the chimney’ on Christmas (The Conversation) — You may call him Santa Claus, but the bearded guy in the red suit is a man known by many names.

Santa Claus with a child at the Trapper School in Nuiqsut, Alaska, on Nov. 29, 2002. AP Photo/Mark Thiessen. The fact that the first citation appeared in New York is not unusual, given New York ...